Gbanziri / Gbanzili

Language name and locationː Gbanziri, CAR, DR of the Congo [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 格班齐里语, 中非共和国瓦卡省和民主刚果境内

1. k͡pókà	21. ɡ͡bà-ɓīsì-pɛ́-k͡pókà
2. ɓīsì	22. ɡ͡bà-ɓīsì-pɛ́-ɓīsì
3. ɓɔ̄tà ~ ɓōātà	23. ɡ͡bà-ɓīsì-pɛ́-ɓōātà
4. ɓùānā ~ ɓɔ̄nā	24. ɡ͡bà-ɓīsì-pɛ́-ɓùānā
5. vūè	25. ɡ͡bà-ɓīsì-pɛ́-vūè
6. sítà	26. ɡ͡bà-ɓīsì-pɛ́-sítà
7. sélènā ~ sáɓá	27. ɡ͡bà-ɓīsì-pɛ́-sélènā
8. sánā	28. ɡ͡bà-ɓīsì-pɛ́-sánā
9. vūè-nà-ɓùānā ( 5+ 4 ) / liɓòà *	29. ɡ͡bà-ɓīsì-pɛ́-vūè-nà-ɓùānā
10. nzò k͡pā ~ ɡ͡bà	30. ɡ͡bà-ɓōātà
11. nzò-k͡pā-pɛ́-k͡pókà	40. ɡ͡bà-ɓùānā
12. nzò-k͡pā-pɛ́-ɓīsì	50. ɡ͡bà-vūè
13. nzò-k͡pā-pɛ́-ɓōātà	60. ɡ͡bà-sítà
14. nzò-k͡pā-pɛ́-ɓùānā	70. ɡ͡bà-sélènā
15. nzò-k͡pā-pɛ́-vūè	80. ɡ͡bà-sánā
16. nzò-k͡pā-pɛ́-sítà	90. ɡ͡bà-vūè-nà-ɓùānā
17. nzò-k͡pā-pɛ́-sélènā	100. nɡbànɡbò < Sango
18. nzò-k͡pā-pɛ́-sánā	200. nɡbànɡbò ɓīsì
19. nzò-k͡pā-pɛ́-vūè-nà-ɓùānā	1000. sákì
20. ɡ͡bà-ɓīsì	2000. sákì ɓīsì

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Jacqueline Thomas, CNRS-LACITO, Paris, France, April 18, 1999

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Jacqueline Thomas, 1999 年 4 月 18 日.

Other comments: Gbanziri or Gbanzili is spoken by approximately 17,500 speakers in
Ouaka prefecture: Kouango subprefecture, along Ubangi river, Central African Republic, as well as Democratic Republic of the Congo. Gbanziri or Gbanzili has a decimal system with special construction for number 'nine'. There is a loan-word from Lingala for number 'nine', 'liɓòa'. Both the big numbers 'hundreds' and ' thousands' are borrowed from Sango language. The linker

'pɛ́' in compound numbers means 'upon', 'the top', 'the upper part'. Gbanzili has a three level tonal language, is has no nasal vowels.

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